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Deposition of Elihu McCaman

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Was it a nsual thing, years ago, for them to dqw water from this cuI·
vert.
Do not know much about that.
HENRY WINKLEMAN.
ELIHU McOAl\1AN.
Age. 40 years.
Residence. Ooventry.
Occilpatiou. Laborer..
Are you acquainted with the lakes aud rese.voirs which supply the
water for Portage Summit of the Ohio canal.
I see them pretty much every day.
For how-long a time have you seen them.
'fwo years.
How long have you lived in Ooventry.
Twenty-three years.
Did you see any water drawn through the culverts in the winter of '70,
and slHiug of '71. . .
I dill.
For how long a time.
Abcut six weeks, is my bestjudgmemt.
Was the reservoir lowered very much during the six weeks water was
drawn.
It was considerable; cannot fix it in feet"
Do yOIl know whether it was a usual thing to draw the water from these
eulverts.
Not unless the water is high.
Do you knQw how nearly full the reservoir was when navigation opened
au the canal in the spring of '71. .
It lacked about 18 inches, I should think, as I looked n,t it soon after
navigation opened.
QUESTIONS TIY LESSEES.
What time in the spI'ing wa~ it when you came to the conclusion that
the reservoir was within 18 inches of being fulL
About the 10th of April.
Why llo you think it was about the 10th of April.
About t.he 1st of April I commenced to work on Stese's coal chute, and
it being very rough, I had to walk around on the banks of the reservoir;
could not cross with my boat.
Within how many feet of being full was the reservoir about the 1st of
December, 1870.
I could not answer; it was low.
Within how many feet about the 1st of January, 1871.
Can not answer.
First of Februal')-, 1871.
Can not answer.
First of March, 1871.
Never measured, can not tell; do not know bow deep it is.

96
Was it a nsual thing, years ago, for them to dqw water from this cuI·
vert.
Do not know much about that.
HENRY WINKLEMAN.
ELIHU McOAl\1AN.
Age. 40 years.
Residence. Ooventry.
Occilpatiou. Laborer..
Are you acquainted with the lakes aud rese.voirs which supply the
water for Portage Summit of the Ohio canal.
I see them pretty much every day.
For how-long a time have you seen them.
'fwo years.
How long have you lived in Ooventry.
Twenty-three years.
Did you see any water drawn through the culverts in the winter of '70,
and slHiug of '71. . .
I dill.
For how long a time.
Abcut six weeks, is my bestjudgmemt.
Was the reservoir lowered very much during the six weeks water was
drawn.
It was considerable; cannot fix it in feet"
Do yOIl know whether it was a usual thing to draw the water from these
eulverts.
Not unless the water is high.
Do you knQw how nearly full the reservoir was when navigation opened
au the canal in the spring of '71. .
It lacked about 18 inches, I should think, as I looked n,t it soon after
navigation opened.
QUESTIONS TIY LESSEES.
What time in the spI'ing wa~ it when you came to the conclusion that
the reservoir was within 18 inches of being fulL
About the 10th of April.
Why llo you think it was about the 10th of April.
About t.he 1st of April I commenced to work on Stese's coal chute, and
it being very rough, I had to walk around on the banks of the reservoir;
could not cross with my boat.
Within how many feet of being full was the reservoir about the 1st of
December, 1870.
I could not answer; it was low.
Within how many feet about the 1st of January, 1871.
Can not answer.
First of Februal')-, 1871.
Can not answer.
First of March, 1871.
Never measured, can not tell; do not know bow deep it is.